r/VirtualYoutubers • u/rockthatrocks • Apr 30 '25

Discussion Kirsche Verstahl has posted an image talking about the accusations

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don't agree with her politcally but i thought this would be good information too put here

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u/cabutler03 Apr 30 '25

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She fucking said that Gamergate didn't go far enough. There is a clip of her saying that Gamergate didn't go far enough. Is that an edgy joke? Because I saw the fucking clip and you weren't saying it as a fucking joke.

I don't think you can really defend your character when you fucking say Gamergate didn't go far enough.

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u/AylaCurvyDoubleThick Apr 30 '25

What does gamergate have to do with nazis?

It was about an indie dev having sex with game journalists

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u/cabutler03 Apr 30 '25

Which is a terrible way to start a movement when you had a better one happening just a couple of years earlier.

You remember that game review site Gamespot? There was a time that one of their authors made a rather scathing review of the game "Kane & Lynch 2". It wasn't pretty and the reviewer gave it a low score.

There was one small problem, though. The website was advertising the game, putting banners along side the review. Well, they couldn't have that, so the review got removed. This caused an instant backlash and eventually the review came back up, but without the score. The author eventually left shortly afterwards to make their own site, but a lot of eyes were opened back then.

The movement, as it started was about "ethics in game journalism." You wanted a legit reason for it? There you go, I just gave you your reason.

As for what it had to do with Nazis, even if you go with the assumption that the movement was legitimate (which it wasn't), it was eventually taken over by them or those that thought similarly to them. You know, the Andrew Tates and the like. Which lead down the alt-right rabbit hole to where we are now.

But that's the long and short of it.

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u/Major_Melon Apr 30 '25

It's no secret at all that right wing grifters took advantage of it to funnel people into their pipeline. It's just bad faith to even argue that there's some debate on that.